Floyd Mayweather wins again to keep hold of his WBC and WBA welterweight
titles in what he claims was his farewell bout.
Mayweather: "It's my time to hang 'em up. I've been in the sport for 19
years. I've made great investments and I'm financially stable. Records
are made to be broken. Maybe we can find another Floyd Mayweather. Now I
want to a spend time with my family. I am leaving the sport with all my
faculties. I'm still smart, I'm still sharp. I've accomplished
everything. There's nothing more to accomplish in the sport. For all the
fans who call me TBE, I thank you."
Round 12
Mayweather is showboating in the final round, but his crafy is still there, always precise and we are seeing the way he loves to box: on the back foot, using counters, fighting with his own security in mind but always looking for openings. Berto is now looking tired and hurt in the final minute and there was just the hint Mayweather, with an all-out assault, might just have been able to get the challenger out of there. I don't need to look at my cards. It was a landslide to Mayweather. He is not the most exciting fighter - has not been for years - but his art and craft of 'hit and not be hit' is majestic. Mayweather is a boxing purist's dream in many ways. And when you are watching live here, he does magnetise you. It might be unfair on Berto, but that was a cakewalk for Mayweather. At his best... but not TBE.Round 11
Mayweather picking single punches now, and very effectively. Like the left punch, the left upper cut, and when he gets tired of that allows Berto to advance and spins away like a magician. He then wants to entertain the crowd, clearly, riskily exchanging in the middle of the ring after a shuffle.Round 10
Berto missing so often now, and Mayweather is on his bike. Mayweather is talking to Berto, clearly goading him. Quit talking says Bayless. Mayweather continues. Bayless pulls them together and says no more.You have to hand it to Berto. He has never given up the ghost - after hitting thin air most of the night. In close Mayweather ties him up.
There're the skills of Mayweather right there; triple jab attempt from Bert. All hit air. Mayweather moving away avoids them and lands with his own punch.
Round 9
They are chanting TBE (The Best Ever) in the MGM Grand Garden Arena. Mayweather is making it appear so easy it control the physical specimen in front of him trying to knock his head off. Mayweather lands a great uppercut on the inside as they tie up on the ropes. Then, in the centre of the ring, they engage from distance. Mayweather is the one who lands.Round 8
Mayweather taunts and goads Berto, who was almost put down, but
is still game all the way to the bell. Mayweather lands a glancing left
and thudding right and as Berto absorbs it and tries to counter,
Mayweather has ghosted away. He's been doing this for years. Not the
most exciting - yet soooooo effective. It has netted him $620 million.
That - and his polarising personality.
Round 7
Mayweather took a rest in that round. Berto still trying so hard, but Mayweather near impossible to unlock. First round to Berto in the fight.Round 6
The most offensive round of the fight so far from Floyd. A punishing three punch combination - left, right,left - at the start of the round, an uppercut down the middle, a series of hard body shots as they tie up, and a looping right which hits the top of Berto's head which looks as if it has momentarily wobbled the underdog. Berto landed a left towards the end of the round, but that was the most emphatic round so far from the man approaching 49-0.Round 5
Berto trying to bully Mayweather on the inside in the clinch.
Mayweather landing as much, and more. Frustrated, Berto goes low.
Warning from referee Kenny Bayless. Even though Berto pressing every
second of every round, never taking a backward step, Lil Floyd is
dominating inside, in counters, with the jab, and at mid-range. He just
makes boxing look so easy. Like a jazz dance.
Round 4
Mayweather's reflexes and timing for a 38-year-old are incredible, and even when he does get caught he knows how to move and hold so brilliantly. He locks up perfectly.Left right hooks from Mayweather. Berto looked in trouble momentarily, but then fires back at Mayweather on the ropes. His face is etched with intent - and frustration - at the same time.
Round 3
Nasty little sucker punch from Mayweather to start the round.
Berto getting into range a little more now. Still missing though.
Mayweather lands a glancing left hook, then a jab. Mayweather ducks
under a punch and almost crawls, touching down with his gloves. Slip.
Berto managed to rough Mayweather up a little more in that round, but
barely landed clean or with any precision.
Round 2
Mayweather working Berto's left side in the clinch. Avoids
Berto's grunt and punch with beautiful footwork, swaying, changing
levels, or holding. Making Berto miss time and again, but landing with
his jab. Berto has mini success with chopping downward right. Good right
cross from Berto which lands. But will-o-the-wisp Mayweather ducks and
sways out of two looping punches from Berto and is away. Mayweather is
straight into the office and doing business.
Round 1
Mayweather already has the centre of ring, flocking out that fast
jab, moving in and out, light on his feet. Berto inching forward.
Mayweather doing all the work on the inside. Left hook from Mayweather
gets a gasp from the now full arena. Speed, movement, already 'Money'
looks on a different level to the Haitian-American.
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